E-text prepared by Bethanne M. Simms, Mary Meehan, and the Project Gutenberg Online Distributed Proofreading Team (http://www.pgdp.net) OLD VALENTINES A LOVE STORY BY MUNSON HAVENS WITH ILLUSTRATIONS BOSTON AND NEW YORK HOUGHTON MIFFLIN COMPANY The Riverside Press Cambridge 1914 COPYRIGHT, 1914, BY MUNSON HAVENS TO MY WIFE CONTENTS I II III IV V VI VII VIII IX X XI XII Published by HOUGHTON MIFFLIN AND COMPANY ILLUSTRATIONS From drawings by Griswold Tyng "SHE WAS YOUR MAMMA, TOO, WASN'T SHE?" "MAY I CALL YOU PHYLLIS?" "ARE YOU CERTAIN YOU CAN SPARE SO LARGE A SUM?" SIR PETER GAVE IT INTO THE TINY FINGERS OLD VALENTINES I